Summer’s in full swing, but it won’t be long before kids hear the school bell ring. To ensure students have everything they need to succeed when classes resume, Oxford-Orion FISH is once again conducting its annual School Backpack Drive. From now through Aug. 15, the local nonprofit group is collecting donations in the form of […]
A new source of community pride in now parked in the bay of Addison Township’s Fire Station #1 in Leonard. The department recently received its first new fire engine since 1997. Made by Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton, Wisconsin, the truck features a pump capable of moving 1,500 gallons of water per minute and storing 1,000 […]
Thanks to the Oxford Chamber of Commerce another scholarship will be awarded to a deserving student in memory of an Oxford High School teen whose life was tragically cut short by suicide. On Monday morning, the chamber presented a $1,000 check – a portion of the proceeds from its June 15 golf luncheon – to […]
Thanks to Brian Howarth, users of the Polly Ann Trail will soon be able to take a break from their hiking, biking and horseback riding to enjoy a good read. Howarth, who’s lived in Addison Township since 1995, built a Little Free Library (LFL) that will be placed along the trail, near the old mill/grain […]
Oxford Community Television’s new station hasn’t even been built yet and it’s already been expanded. Last week, the Oxford Area Cable Communications Commission voted 3-1 to increase the budget for the new station from $300,000 to $350,000. It will be constructed in Seymour Lake Township Park this year. This additional money will allow the size […]
Efforts to beef up the Oxford Fire Department’s paid-on-call staff are going extremely well, according to Sgt. Kelly Kilgore. Since assuming his new position as the department’s recruitment and retention program manager on Oct. 31 last year, Kilgore has brought in nine new recruits. “I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t expect to have nine […]
It was an afternoon of full hearts and even fuller stomachs Saturday as LakePoint Community Church in Oxford Township hosted its annual picnic/barbecue to recognize and thank military veterans for their service.
Addison Township resident Mary Sullivan, 4, who will start kindergarten at Leonard Elementary this fall, reads a book to Darla, a 25-year-old miniature horse. To find out what’s going on, please turn to Page 2. Photo by C.J. Carnacchio.
Oxford Village was dealt a legal blow last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio. A three-judge panel reversed a federal district court’s August 2017 decision to dismiss a lawsuit against the village filed by three individuals who claim they were denied their Fourteenth Amendment right to due […]
Summer just wouldn’t be summer without certain things like sunny days at the beach, ice-cold lemonade, ice cream trucks rolling up and down the streets and kids complaining about how bored they are. But the kiddies won’t be griping this week because one of the area’s largest and most popular festivals is back. Now in […]